· 19 February 2008 | 359 words
From Br. Joseph -- This is the second reflection on seven signposts for the season of Lent (and for all seasons). Signposts give us direction. They point to some place. They involve action, movement. Many signposts call us to remember...
· 11 February 2008 | 898 words
Signposts point to where we want to go. Follow, or don't follow. There are seven signposts listed below because seven is the number of completeness. No claim of originality is made for the signs, excerpt maybe for their grouping. Keep...
· 27 November 2007 | 246 words
Received this in an email this morning (slightly edited, original author unknown). Paired with Br. Joseph's reflection, I wonder... When I meditated on the word Guidance, I kept seeing "dance" at the end of the word. I remember reading that...
· 4 November 2007 | 254 words
This statement by Ronald Rolheiser, from his book The Shattered Lantern, got me to wondering. When there is no pattern to our actions we experience meaninglessness. Just because I do not recognize or perceive a pattern, does this mean that...
· 7 October 2007 | 162 words
The thought that the affairs of the world, like those of the stars, are in God's hands--and therefore in good hands--apart from being actually true, is something that should give great satisfaction to anyone who looks to the future...
· 1 September 2007 | 637 words
I don't remember where I read it, but this one line has been stuck in my mind for the last few weeks. It was something along the lines of "gorging on emotions." The idea of feeding upon my emotions is...
· 27 April 2007 | 58 words
I ran across some Latin phrases the other day. This one struck me most applicable to living a spiritual life. In silvam ne ligna feras. (Don't carry logs into the forest.) -- Horace In other words, God will provide. The...
· 17 April 2007 | 204 words
From today's reading, Jesus says to Nicodemus, "The wind blows where it wills, and you can hear the sound it makes, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes; so it is with everyone who...
· 10 April 2007 | 14 words
On the thin border between faith and doubt walks Christ, calling all to trust....
· 2 April 2007 | 77 words
To paraphrase Peter John Cameron, O.P. in "Lent and Reality": Salvation is an escape from our own inability. In our darkness, the incomparable capacity of our being will settle for nothing less than the embrace of the Infinite. Like nothing...
· 21 March 2007 | 162 words
No one sin is too much for God to forgive. Sometimes that is hard to believe. Or maybe it's too much to trust? If you think your sin is too bad, then it's pride that is helping you to hold...
· 20 March 2007 | 84 words
It's Spring Break, and I've stepped out of the iHermitage to look around a little. In "It's Not About Belief" by Jon Zuck, I found this intriguing little tidbit that adds another way to look at something: The Greek word...
Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on us